Improvement in sawing-machines



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holding saw -in place and allowing it to descend.

Figure 5, section of,` sill and main frameon line .l i v y.

iliiifmu @um @titille V WILLIAM GAnDINEaor sToNEBoRoUGH, PENNSYLVANIA.`

' LenersPqrmN. copiada@ May 1I, 1869.

f IMPROVEMENT IN sAwINGMAcHIm-:a

Toallwhomiit ma/y co'nccm:` A i I I `Be it known'that I, WILLIAM GARDINER, of Stoneborough, inthe county of Mercenand State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new` and useful Im;- provements in Crosscut-Sawing Machines; Iand I do `hereby declare the following `to be a full,*clear, and

exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying draw-ings, and tothe letters of refer- The nature of my invention relates to the elevation and descent of the saw, independent of the sill, to

which theordnary reciprocal saw-motion is given by means of suitable gearing and pitmen arranged in the main frame behind the" sill and operated b'y hand.'

(See figs.v 1 and 3.)

Figure 1 is a side elevation of said machine, showing general form and arrangement vof parts. 'l

Figure 2,`vi`e`w of lunder side of top' bar of `main* VFigure 3,vew of rear end "of main `frame, containling before-nIentionedA gearing,`and portion of device y for raising thesaw.

'Figure 4, viewof ratchet-bar and spring-pawl for Y i A -is they rectangularmain 4frame, with double upbars `in the openings below the cross-pieces C and ar- Y f ranged at any desired height therein, the sill and main frame havingV slots at the top for the ratchet-bars to" pass through.

" i The y.slots Af, for that purpose, inthe main frame,

are large enough `to allow the ratchet-bars to` move. forward andxbaokward with the sill. y A E are pawlslor levers, to hold ratchet-ba rs, pivoted between `the cross-bars O, as seen in` gs. 1`and"4, neari y the upper end thereof.

The upper ends of said levers `,curving backward` v slightly, pass through slots in the top bar of sill, and

extend alittle above it, a groove, a, being made in f the top bar of main frame, through which the ends of the levers pass, when the sill is moved. E' are springs, to hold lower ends of said levers pressed against the ratchet-bars. G are cords, provided with hooks, G, hanging down at the ends of vthe saw, to which they are attached,

by inserting in the holes g, whenthe saw is to be i raised.

Thevcords pass over pulleys g2 in the top barof main frame, (see iig. 2,) and are wound on a-snitable block, G, in a bracket at the rear endof main frame A, (see figs. 2 and 3,). operated by the wheel G3, or

equivalent.v

The saw-.sill and main frame are partly open at the bottom, to admit the log to be sawed.

I When the machine is 1 operation, the upper ends of' the Vlevers E, coming in Contact with the closed` ends of the groove a, disengage the lower ends from the ratchet-bars, which are-allowed to descend alternately'the distance of one or more of the teeth, by which time the levers, by meansof the springs E;k 4again engage with the ratchet-bar, and so on untilY the logis Vsawed.

The saw may be then raised for another cnt by windingthe cords G.

t' 'i are holesA in the lower endsof the uprights G, so that, by the use of Aa proper tool, the saw may be removed from the ratchet-bars. What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is y f In combination with the frame A and sill B, provided with suitable gearing and pitmen, the saw-D and spring-parvis E, when all the parts are constructed and arranged to operatesubstantially,as and for the purpose set forth.

Witnesses:

- A. S'. THRooP,

S. B. THnooP.

-WILLIAM GARD'INIIR. f 

